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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average number of glial cells in brain per neuron | Human Homo sapiens | 10-50 | unitless | 100691 | http://faculty.washi... |
| Summed length of dendrites of a hippocampal pyramidal neuron | Rat Rattus norvegicus | ~20,000 | µm | 111660 | Jensen CS, Rasmussen HB... |
| Median lifetime of filopodia on pyramidal neuron in hippocampus | Rat Rattus norvegicus | ~10 | min | 112043 | Dailey, M.E. and Smith... |
| Average number of synaptic connections each neocortical neuron has | Human Homo sapiens | 7000 | synaptic connections/neocortical neuron | 112055 | Drachman D (2005). "Do... |
| Ratio between glia cell number and neuron number in brain | Human Homo sapiens | 10 - 50 | unitless | 110874 | Herculano-Houzel S, Mota B... |
| Single-channel conductance of neuron of the superficial medial entorhinal cortex (MEC) | Rat Rattus norvegicus | 20 | pS | 110496 | White JA, Klink R, Alonso A... |
| Fraction of mitochondria in neuron that are stationary at any one time point | Eukaryotes | ~80 | % | 111659 | Harris JJ, Jolivet R... |
| Fraction of surface area of neuron that is covered by synapses | vertebrates | <10 | % | 115052 | Krnjević, K. "Chemical... |
| Elevation of intracellular Ca2+ in ciliary neuron following ATP depletion | Chicken Gallus gallus | From 350 to 400 | nM | 110640 | Bernstein BW, Bamburg... |
| Length of neuron from base of spine to big toe-longest cell in human body | Human Homo sapiens | ≤1 | meter | 104901 | Fletcher DA, Theriot... |
| Total apposition area - total area of membrane apposed to the motor neuron surface | Turtle Trachemys scripta elegans | mean 1.46±0.98: range 0.1-4.0 | µm^2 | 115069 | Yeow MB, Peterson EH.... |
| Separation of inputs below which lateral giant neuron cannot sum synchronous inputs | Crayfish | 100 | µsec | 112219 | Edwards DH, Yeh SR, Krasne... |
| Number of neurons in larval brain of Zebrafish (168 hours post fertilization) | Zebrafish Danio rerio | 78000 | neurons | 101673 | Hill, et al. Neurode... |
| Number of photoreceptors carrying the same signal that converge on a second order retinal neuron | Blowfly Calliphora vicina | 6 | Unitless | 103547 | Laughlin SB, de Ruyter... |
| Maximal firing frequency of neuron in basolateral amygdala at postnatal day 7 (P(7)) and 14 (P(14)) | Rat Rattus norvegicus | P7 15.9±3.3Hz: P14 33.9±7.3Hz | Hz | 115073 | Ehrlich DE, Ryan SJ,... |
| ATP usage on signaling in rodents | Mammals | 2.85e+9 | ATPs/neuron/sec | 108671 | Attwell D, Laughlin SB.... |
| Fraction of brain nerve cells that are neuroglia | Eukaryotes | A few cells nematode: 25% fruit fly: 65% mouse: ~90% human: 97% elephant | % | 106400 | Allen NJ, Barres BA.... |
| Sholl analysis of astrocytes | Rat Rattus norvegicus | Table - link | N/A | 109189 | Reeves AM, Shigetomi E... |
| Distribution of signaling-related ATP usage among different cellular mechanisms when the mean firing rate of neurons is 4Hz | Eukaryotes | Figure - link | % | 108673 | Attwell D, Laughlin SB.... |
| Number of different interneuron subtypes (depending on the classification method) in structures such as the cortex and hippocampus | Vertebrates | 10 – 15 | different interneuron subtypes | 117209 | Tepper JM et al., He... |